As much as Homer Simpson is into donuts, so am I into homemade dumplings. I was absolutely delighted to have a lunch meeting today at a new Chinese restaurant in Weston. Yes, in preppy Weston with its minimum two-acre lots, there’s now actually amazing Chinese food. The place is called Dumpling Daughter, and I met
Category: Food
Foodie Post: Easy Way to Cook Fish
At the grocery store, they featured wild salmon today. Yum. I don’t know where I read about this way of cooking fish, but it results in very tender and moist fish every time. Here’s what I do. Take a frying pan Set the heat to between medium and low Add olive oil Put salmon skin
From Brown, HBS and Senior Exec…to a B&B
Here is an unusual résumé: Brown University, General Mills brand manager, Harvard MBA, SVP at Darden (the large company that owns Olive Garden, Capital Grille and Red Lobster), and…bed-and-breakfast owner/operator. That is the résumé for my close friend, John Hatton. You might think that he has lost his mind. You might think that this is a
Why I Cook
A friend’s 10 year-old daughter asked me: “So, why do you cook?” She was under the impression that only females cooked. I told her that I liked to cook, that it is healthier and more cost-effective than eating out all the time. All that is true. I really do like to cook. But, I also
Sunday Bacon & Bagels
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m cooking bacon for the children. It’s a snap. You line a big tray with parchment paper, and put the bacon on it. You pop it in the oven, turn the temp to 400 degrees, and walk away. 25 minutes later, you have bacon ready. It’s a cinch to clean up
[Foodie Post]: backbar’s Ramen
Unctuous broth, home-made noodles, and lots of savory little bits of goodness. I had a meeting in Somerville today and headed afterwards to the much-ballyhooed backbar (no caps is how they spell it). I went quickly, for I hear that they often sell out of a particular dish, for which I am on the hunt.